Hairpin



W. R. NOE.

HAIRPIN.

APPLICATION man MAR. 24. 1921.

1,434,96 1. Pqtented Nov. 1, 1922'.

Patented Nov. 7, 1922..

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Application filed March 2 4, 1921. Sel'ifiIIPIO. 455,075.

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Be it known that I, VVALTER R. Non, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough and county of the Bronx, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hairpins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hair pins of the kind most commonly used by ladies for the purpose of pinning up or dressing the hair and has for its object the provision of a device of this character yet of novel construction which may be readily inserted, and which will not easily become loosened allowing the hair to become disarranged. Other more specific objects will be given in the description hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended.

claims.

. The accompanying drawings show an example of my invention but do not define its limits. Figure 1 is a face view, Figure 2 is a left side or edge view and Figure 3is a right side or edge view. The illustrations are not intended to show the exact size of my improved hair pin, as it may be made in several sizes and of-various thicknesses of wire without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As shown in the drawings, this hair pin has four tines, generally located in the same plane. They are made of metal, wire or any other suitable material and are joined at a bend 9 by winding, by soldering, or by other means definitely fixing their positions.

In the preferred construction the outer tines 5 and 6 are straight with the exception of the bends 18 and 19 which are clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3. At these points, which are preferably about distant from the top 9 of the hairpin, the outer tines 5 and 6 are bent slightly forward. In the illustration the portions of the tines 5 and 6 beyond this bend in either direction are in the same straight line, although it is understood that variations for the purpose of design may be made.

The inner tines 7 and 8 are bent in a wave like design, the preferred construction being that shown in the illustration. These tines come close to the outer tines 5 and 6 where those tines are bent forward and, at that point, the inner tines 7 and 8 are bent backward, or in the opposite direction from that in which the outer ti:". are bent This is flea-My sin-mu in Figar'es Q and 3, being in dicated by the numerals 12 and 13. This construction leaves two spaces 10 and 11 which are practically closed and other similar but smaller spacesl and 15 which are in different planes. The outer and inner tines arespaced away from each other at their extremities as indicated by the openings 16 and 17. It will of course be understood that the inner tines, like the outer tines, may be bent into various designs not shown in the illustration without departing from the idea of the invention.

As this hairpin is placed in position, the hair which naturally follows the openings 16 and 17, spreads the tines, which will give, at thepoints where they come close together, at the bends 12 and 1S and 13 and 19. A portion of this hair will twist through the openings 14 and 15 and enter the spaces 10 and 11 where it becomes practically locked. Some hair also will remain in the open spaces 14 and 15 where it also is locked. The amount of hair so held in the openings 14 and 15 will vary according to the size of these spaces as governed by the bends 12 and 18 and 13 and 19 in variations of the construction. This hairpin when placed in position will not easily become misplaced, although it maybe inserted and removed without effort.

This hairpin is extremely simple in con- I struction.

Variations in design as hereinbefore stated may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A hairpin comprising four tines each of which is bent to co-operate with the others in forming spaces for the accommodation of strands of hair, said bends being formed so that two spaces are arranged in parallel planes each of which is perpendicular to the common plane of the other spaces, the corresponding bends on each side forming the first mentioned parallel spaces being bent in the same direction.

2. A hairpin formed of four tines both inner tines of which are bent backward at a point where the outer tines are bent forward and two spaces formed by said bends perpendicular to the general plane of the hairpin, the entrance to each of said spaces being at oblique angles between the general plane of the hairpin and the plane of that space.

3. A hairpin having four spaces in which the hair may become locked, two of those? spaces being in one plane and the other two being in parallel planes which are at right in parallel planes which are at right angles angles to the common plane of the other 10 to the plane in which the first mentioned spaces. spaces are located that plane being the gen- Signed at New York in the county of New 5 eral plane of the hairpin. York and State of New York this twenty- 4. A hairpin comprising four tines and third day of March A. D. 1921. spaces between said tines for the accommodation of strands of hair, two of those spaces WALTER R. NOE. 

